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Re: Signing an applet

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On 13/12/13 15:11, emf wrote:
> On 2013-12-13 08:52 Stefan Ram wrote:
>> emf <emfril@gmail.com> writes:
>>> My initial question is: Where do I enter this command?
>>
>>    Into the text command prompt (sometimes called "shell") of
>>    your operating system. Additional requirements might apply
>>    such as having a command search path set up properly. This
>>    is explained in the operating system literature, usually
>>    separate from Java literature. A manual might already be
>>    part of your operating system.
>>
>>> Alternatively, and probably even better, is there a webpage I have
>>> missed that provides step by step instructions that an amateur java
>>> programmer with my level of ignorance can understand?
>>
>>    Search for tutorials or text books about your operating systems,
>>    especially text commands and batch files, check out information
>>    about the search path for commands. Knowledge out this kind
>>    always comes in handy for both users and programmers.
>
> Sorry, I did not make myself clear: I am looking for step by step
> instructions. I have taken 2 classes on Java programming (and a long
> time ago a class on DOS), and I do not intend in the near future to get
> more classes. There should be some webpage out there that provides the
> information I asked the way I asked.
>
> emf
>

 From 
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lsiden/tutorials/signed-applet/signed-applet.html

How To Create a Signed Applet

1. Package the applet into a JAR file. The applet must be in a JAR file 
before a certificate can be attached to it. Use the jar JDK utility. If 
the applet was previously referenced with the help of a codebase 
attribute in <applet> tag, replace the codebase attribute with the 
archive attribute. The value of the archive attribute is a URL of a JAR 
file.

2. Create a public/private key pair. The command for this is

         keytool -genkey

keytool is another SDK utility. It will prompt you for a password to 
your keystore and for the remaining parameters, one of which is alias, 
whose value is the name of the key. The keystore is a file that contains 
your public/private key-pairs, and the public-keys of others with whom 
you exchange information. See the documentation in the above link.

3. Create a certificate for the key you created in the previous step.

         keytool -selfcert

Again, keytool will prompt you for a keystore password and remaining 
parameters. This certificate is now self-signed by you, meaning that it 
has not been validated by any third party. This is suitable for demo 
purposes, and may be acceptable to yourself and those who know you 
because if there is any doubt that the certificate is really yours they 
can always call you up and ask you for the digest to verify that it is 
really you and not some impostor that created the certificate. However, 
if this applet were to be widely distributed, and you wanted it to be 
accepted by those who do not know you personally, you would certainly 
want to pay a modest fee to obtain a certificate that is validated by a 
trusted certificate authority. The procedure for this is 
straightforward, but beyond the scope of this simple tutorial.

4. Run jarsigner associate this certificate with the JAR file that 
contains your applet. You will need to give the name of the public key 
of the certificate you just created. This creates a digest for each file 
in your JAR and signs them with your private key. These digests or 
hashes, the public key, and the certificate will all be included in the 
"WEB-INF" directory of the JAR.

Your applet is now signed.


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Signing an applet emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-13 08:40 -0500
  Re: Signing an applet Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-13 09:52 -0500
    Re: Signing an applet emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-13 10:12 -0500
      Re: Signing an applet Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-13 10:30 -0500
      Re: Signing an applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-12-14 16:22 -0500
        Re: Signing an applet lipska the kat <"lipskathekat at yahoo dot co dot uk"> - 2013-12-14 21:24 +0000
  Re: Signing an applet lipska the kat <"lipskathekat at yahoo dot co dot uk"> - 2013-12-13 15:08 +0000
  Re: Signing an applet emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-13 10:11 -0500
    Re: Signing an applet Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-13 10:19 -0500
    Re: Signing an applet lipska the kat <"lipskathekat at yahoo dot co dot uk"> - 2013-12-13 15:27 +0000
      Re: Signing an applet emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-13 11:08 -0500
    Re: Signing an applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-12-14 16:27 -0500
  Re: Signing an applet Wayne <nospam@all.invalid> - 2013-12-14 00:11 -0500
    Re: Signing an applet lipska the kat <"lipskathekat at yahoo dot co dot uk"> - 2013-12-14 11:41 +0000
      Re: Signing an applet Wayne <nospam@all.invalid> - 2013-12-15 22:22 -0500
    Re: Signing an applet Hiram Hunt <hiramhunt@verizon.net> - 2013-12-14 09:32 -0500
      Re: Signing an applet Hiram Hunt <hiramhunt@verizon.net> - 2013-12-14 09:39 -0500
        Re: Signing an applet Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-12-14 15:48 +0100
    Re: Signing an applet emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-15 00:04 -0500
      Re: Signing an applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-12-15 09:53 -0500
        Re: Signing an applet emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-17 17:40 -0500
          Re: Signing an applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-12-17 18:08 -0500
            Re: Signing an applet Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-21 08:35 +0800
              Re: Signing an applet emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-31 11:44 -0500
                Re: Signing an applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-01-04 20:14 -0500
              Re: Signing an applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-01-04 20:11 -0500
                Re: Signing an applet Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-06 08:04 +0800

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